Newtown Bee Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed: United Way Report Shows That ALICE Is Everyone’s Neighbor

by Nancy K. Crevier 11/19/2014  United Way of Connecticut released, on November 16, a 121-page, statewide report, documenting Connecticut households struggling to afford living expenses that exceed the official federal poverty level of $11,670 for an individual or $23,850 for a family of four. United Way calls this population ALICE, an acronym for Asset Limited, …

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The ALICE Report: Income Too Low, Housing Costs Too High

by Richard J. Porth 11/18/2014  In a newly issued report on financial hardship in Connecticut prepared for Connecticut United Ways (and United Ways in five other states), Rutgers University researchers found that 51% of all Connecticut jobs pay less than $20/hour. Compare this to the calculation by the National Low Income Housing Coalition determining that …

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11/18/2014 Richard Porth of the United Way of Connecticut tells us about the ALICE Report, which found a half million people in Connecticut who are Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. They are hardworking residents who still struggle to make ends meet. Listen here: HanRadio.com 11/19/2014 A woman who is living among the half million Asset …

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Record-Journal Report: 35 percent of state families struggling

by Mary Ellen Godin, 11/18/2014  An increasing number of state families live in a financial danger zone that forces them to make risky choices, which might harm their finances, health and safety, according to a United Way/Rutgers University report released this week. “Connecticut’s official poverty rate of 10 percent obscures the true magnitude of financial …

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Milford Patch Report: Significant Number of Milford Residents Struggling to Make Ends Meet

by Brian McCready 11/17/2014  According to a new report released by the United Way, 5 percent of Milford’s households live in poverty, but a staggering 22 percent of city households live below the state’s basic cost-of-living threshold. This is taken directly from the United Way report: The ALICE study reports that the annual household survival …

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Milford Mirror United Way says 22% of residents earn less than the state’s basic cost of living threshold

11/17/2014  Milford’s United Way says the American Dream is slipping away for many residents because they are not earning enough to live a middle class lifestyle. “The American Dream is that if you work hard, you can expect to get ahead financially,” Gary Johnson, United Way director, said in a press release. “For most of …

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Republican-American ALICE Program helps those above limits for help

by Mike Patrick, 11/17/2014  When there’s not enough money at the end of the month to pay for groceries, Rosemarie Mastroianni-Lopez said, difficult choices need to be made. “I’ve had to come up with some pretty creative dinners; I don’t know how I came out of the pantry with them,” she said. “If I haven’t …

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Hartford Business Journal Report: 35 percent of CT households don’t earn enough to get by

11/17/2014  One in 10 Connecticut households is beneath the 2012 federal poverty level, but that measure is well inadequate, according to a new report by the Connecticut United Ways and Rutgers University. In reality, the report says, more than one in three struggles to afford the necessities of housing, child care, food, health care and …

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New Haven Independent 58 Percent of City Households Fail to Make Ends Meet

by Markeshia Ricks, 11/17/2014  You know ALICE. ALICE prepares your food at your favorite restaurant and then brings it out to your table. ALICE cleans your kid’s school and occasionally your house. ALICE isn’t a person, but all the people who help make your life a little better even if their jobs never make their …

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